Alvinne Cuvée Freddy

Brewed by Picobrouwerij Alvinne
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Moen, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle @ pre-ZBF 2010. Dark color, no head. Aroma is tart, bit marzipan, cherrypits. Hint of roasted malt and rye. Quite fruity taste, cherry pits. Bit dry palate. Bit unbalanced though.

Thin brown head, fast gone over reddish-tinted, near black beer. Very vinous nose, with chocolate; bit salty, like soy sauce, paprika chips. Taste: OW - what’s this? Wood, paprikapowder, salt, stale chips, ketjap sauce, liquorice, and old, oxydated wine. Tannines, but with more bitter than sour. Ends on running cheese as Camembert, and finally mounting acidity. Very slick, oily, not thin; but flat as a pancake. Sorry guys. Either something’s wrong with this bottle, or this is something I profoundly dislike.

Had this one at the Pre-ZBF 2010. Black colored brew. Sour aroma and sour flavor. Fruity. Bit unbalanced brew.

UPDATED: MAY 5, 2010 Bottled at Bishop’s Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm (as Cuvée Freddy Bourgogne OA, 8%). Cloudy dark brown, minimal airy head. Vinous, buttery Rodenbach-like lactic nose. Tart and vinous with light spritzy mouthfeel and above medium body. Lactic and cherryish, dominated by welloaked red wine. Fresheningly sour, deepand comples with lots of tannine bitterness. Only slight roastiness remains from the Mano Negra. Feels like a deluxe Rodenbach Grand Cru with more concentrated flavours and a delicious addition of dry oaky red wine. Despite the rich flavuors it stays elegant. I really, really enjoyed this one!

75cl, at 8%Vol, as (Mano Negra) ’Cuvée Freddy Bourgogne OA’, new exclusive brew Anno 2010, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex sour brew, not heavy, balanced, hazy, nearly no head, good brew, yet expensive!

Bottle @ Pre-ZBF. Thin black pour, soapy minuscule tanned head. Aroma of wild yeast, cherries, sour fruit. Flavour is a dusty sourness with slightly bitter fruits. Very low carbonation. Some sweetness in the after taste. Weird but nice brew.

Bottle @ 3de Pre-ZBF. A black colored beer, with almost no head. The aroma of sour with wood and fruits. The taste op dough, sour with caramel and notes of prunes. The afteratste is bitter with sour and a little sweet.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a bubbly tan head. Not lasting. Dark malty, caramel and breadish with a sourish note. Light sourish, toffee and roasted caramelish. Light citric and lingering dark malt flavoured finish.

Hazy mahogany with a tiny off beige head. Sour aroma with roasted malt, caramel and lacto. Flavour had roasted malt, caramel, wood, lacto, prunes and tannins. Finished sour. I’d call it a sour.

Bottle at Pre-ZBF 2010. Black - no head. Nutty, fruity, roasted, oxidation, light messy/off notes, fishy, oakey, wnie notes, light sourish, oakey, vanilla, cereal, yeasty, grainy. A bit wierd.